The Closer (TV Series)

Drug Fiend (2012)

Kyra Sedgwick: Brenda Leigh Johnson

Quotes 

• Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson : Um, I need to make an appointment with you.

  Dr. Stephen Parr : You're kidding me. You've just made it abundantly clear what you think of me.

  Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson : I'm not looking for a decent human being. I'm looking for a great doctor and... you're it.

• Agent Fritz Howard : It's hurtful, isn't it, when someone thinks their job - I mean, their JOB - is more important than what a... another person might want or need? Is there anyone else we know who you think might sometimes behave like that? Hm? Anyone?

  Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson : Oh, my gosh. Doctors!

• [as Dr. Parr explains his circumstance, Brenda's keenly aware how his wording can apply to herself as well] 

  Dr. Stephen Parr : The system should work as designed but sometimes we have mistakes, awful mistakes, so last night, after observing Miss Lee's asymptomatic responses to the chemo, I went back to my office and looked at my own files from last year.

  Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson : What did you find?

  Dr. Stephen Parr : What I thought I'd find, a period during which many patients seemed not to properly absorb the chemo. When, instead of improving, people died. I felt errors may have been made, but I was afraid that if I brought attention to the problem, that...

  Sgt. David Gabriel : You'd be sued.

  Dr. Stephen Parr : Yes, I'd be sued. I... I deal with life and death on a daily basis. I can be taken to court where, even if I win, I lose. My liability insurance goes up. I have to explain myself over and over to medical boards, my peers... If I ever find myself in circumstances where I can't properly clear my name, nothing is the same after that.

• Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson : I may not have done right by everyone in my life, but I have always given my professional best to Will. And I've always, always done everything he told me to do.

  Agent Fritz Howard : [chuckles]  You have?

  [Brenda glares, he stops laughing] 

  Agent Fritz Howard : No, you have. You have.